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Inkheart

Inkheart is a fictitious book of fiction at the heart of this fairytale with heart whose theme is predicated on the ability of a select few to be able to literally lift characters off the page by reading text aloud. Silver tongues is how they are referred to by those animated thusly and Mo Folchart (Brendan Fraser) is one such reader. It becomes apparent that he was unaware of his ability until much too late after too many characters had been fleshed out on earth.  Most of the resurrected characters are from the fantasy novel Inkheart and most rather like the new surroundings making them reluctant to go back. This has sent Mo on a nine year search with daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett) in tow to find a copy of Inkheart since the unfortunate outcome of bringing these characters to life is that they are replaced between the pages by earthlings. Because of this the rare out of print novel is where Mo’s wife now resides. Dustfinger (Paul Bettany) is one Incendiary character who does want to go back which precipitates the adventure we go on here. He orchestrates Mo's kidnapping to force a rereading back home to Dustfinger’s wife Roxanne (Jennifer Connelly who like other acting masters here must have a lot of faith in the project to settle for such a limited part). Along the way Aunt Elinor Loredan played by a scene stealing Helen Mirren joins the chase as does Inkheart author Fenoglio (Jim Broadbent). The premise works for the most part certainly enough to hold parents attention while viewing this kid safe film although it may be a litte too intense for very young ones.

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